Comet C/2020 F8 (Swan)
Taken by Stephen James O'Meara on May 7, 2020 @
Maun, Botswana
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 90D
Exposure Time: 4/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2020:05:07 07:36:29
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This morning is the first morning we have had a Moon in the morning sky — full at that. Yet Comet C/2020 F8 continues to be a decent binocular comet with a 1 1/2˚ tail. Over the last couple of morning the comet's brightness has been seesawing a bit (by tenths of a magnitude). This morning (with full Moon) I estimated the comet's head to be magnitude 5.7 through 8 x 42 binoculars. This shot is a 6-second exposure through a 70-mm (EFL 112-mm) at ISO 1600.
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